We had a fantastic week in school during our whole school Spanish Week. The children were brilliant at their Salsa dancing - we hope to follow this up with some flamenco this week! We would also like to say a HUGE thank you to Mrs Richardson, without whom, we would not have been able to taste the splendid Paella a la Penketh! (we left out the prawns and muscles for the squeamish ones amongst us!) You will notice that a lot more children are coming home speaking a few words in Spanish. The staff are currently learning Spanish after school and so we aim to try out our new found linguistic skills!!
Parents Evenings
This week sees our two parents evenings in school. You should have received your appointment slip on Friday. Because of the high demand for slots, particularly the 3.30 slot, we ask you to be as flexible as possible in the time that you have been allocated. As always, and particularly because of this high demand, we would ask you to remember that slot are for 5 minutes only. Should you require longer, we would invite you to arrange an additional appointment. Many thanks for your understanding and co-operation with this.
Fundraising
Following in the footsteps of the Year 3/4's, we are holding a fundraising afternoon this Friday afternoon for Lenten charity. So now is a great time to have a really good spring clean of those cupboards, and send in books, toys for the children to sell. Easter Egg raffles and stall like Guess the Teddy's names are real money spinners!
Curriculum
This week, the children will be continuing to follow 'The Dare' in literacy, and we will be covering all genres in literacy, with a particular focus on writing, using this text. The links on previous posts will support this.
In numeracy, the Year 5's will be focussing on division. Obviously, this links directly with the work on multiplication that we have been covering for the last few weeks. If your child is comfortable with their tables, then division follows on quite easily. Try getting them to see the patterns:
7 x 3 = 21 so 21 divided by 3 = 7. Can they see how the numbers are just moved around in the number sentence? Have a go with some other tables and see if they are able to spot the pattern. This also help greatly, when they children are asked to calculate the missing number questions.
In our oral and mental starters this week, the children will be following-up work which has gone on in the last couple of weeks as a review:
derive division facts up the times tables up to 12 x 12
add several multiples of 10
round whole numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
count on or back in 9's to 10
order positive and negative numbers
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf click on the division facts for this. Just remember that your computer at home is NOT the interactive whiteboard and you will break it if you hit your monitor at home!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/division/division%20on%20number%20line%20-%20contents.html click on easy to build your confidence and then medium. It explain how to group numbers on a number line.
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/division/3x1%20division.swf this is a great site, as it shows you step by step how to work out division. This is a great one to sit with your parents and work out.
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/Chunking2a.swf
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/chunking.swf
Science revision – Year 6
Week eight objectives
Monday
To know that some solids and liquids can be mixed together and then be separated
To know that those mixtures which can be separated are examples of reversible changes
To know that main methods of separation and which method applies to which type of mixture
Tuesday
To describe and group rocks according to their characteristics
To understand the terms texture, hardness and permeability
Wednesday
To know that some materials are good thermal conductors and some materials are good thermal insulators
To know that some materials are good electrical conductors and some materials are good electrical insulators
To understand that heat travels from a warmer area to a colder one
Thursday
To investigate a sample of soil taken from where you live
Friday
SCIENCE QUIZ – QUIZ QUIZ TRADE / FAN AND PICK
Literacy revision – Year 6
Week eight objectives
Monday
To learn the strategies to tackle multiple choice questions
Tuesday
To learn strategies to help answer ordering and matching questions
Wednesday
To learn strategies for answering ‘find a word or phrase’ type questions
Thursday
To learn strategies to help you answer ‘3 mark’ opinion type questions
Friday
To be able to compare and contrast two or more texts
Numeracy revision – Year 6
Week eight objectives
Monday
To choose the correct operations to solve one step or multi step real life problems
To explain methods of reasoning about numbers and shapes
To recognise patterns and relationships between numbers or shapes
To make and investigate a general statement by finding examples that match it
Tuesday
To choose the correct operations to solve one step or multi step real life problems
To explain methods of reasoning about numbers and shapes
To recognise patterns and relationships between numbers or shapes
To make and investigate a general statement by finding examples that match it
Wednesday
To choose the correct operations to solve one step or multi step real life problems
To explain methods of reasoning about numbers and shapes
To recognise patterns and relationships between numbers or shapes
To make and investigate a general statement by finding examples that match it
Thursday
To choose the correct operations to solve one step or multi step real life problems
To explain methods of reasoning about numbers and shapes
To recognise patterns and relationships between numbers or shapes
To make and investigate a general statement by finding examples that match it
Friday
To choose the correct operations to solve one step or multi step real life problems
To explain methods of reasoning about numbers and shapes
To recognise patterns and relationships between numbers or shapes
To make and investigate a general statement by finding examples that match it
That's all for this week!
Year 5/6 team
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